| Su guested last
week on The Richard
& Judy Show, in
their celebrity
line-dancing contest,
with viewers voting on
who would win... CELEBRITY
LINE DANCING!
Line dancing is
one of the fastest
growing crazes in the UK
today. It’s widely
reported that over two
million people line dance
every week. If
there’s a church
hall near you the chances
are that it has line
dance in it. It’s
easy to pick up, great
for keeping fit and
unlikely ballroom and
Latin, you don’t
have to worry about
bringing a partner.
Celebrity line dancers
include Madonna and Colin
Farrell. The standard of
competition line dancing
has now reached the same
level as ballroom
dancing. It may also
surprise you that line
dancing far exceeds its
stereotype image of
yeehah cowboys in gingham
shirts dancing to Country
and Western music. In
reality the line dancing
community uses a wide
variety of music, from
Irish to R&B, rock,
funky and pop.
So Richard and
Judy have invited
celebrities Jim Bowen,
Amy Lame, Su Pollard,
Terri Dwyer and Piers
Hernu to try their hand
at this, and a more
diverse bunch you
couldn’t hope for.
But who will last the
week and make it to the
grand final on Friday?
Find out more
below...!
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JIM BOWEN
Jim Bowen was
born in Lancashire and
adopted. He is an
ex-deputy Headmaster and
PE teacher. He is best
known for his
“Bullseye” TV
game show which ran for
15 years and was
regularly watched by over
12 million viewers. He
jokes that they
“Plunged news depths
of quality” with the
show. He was famous for
the catchphrases
‘Super, Smashing,
Great’ and
‘let’s see what
you would have won’.
Jim on Dancing:
I
can count as I am quite
musical. I was with a
band on the QE2 for 18
years. I played the
trumpet and would sing.
My Wife used take line
dancing classes on the
cruise ships I worked on.
My wife got some
CD’s for me
‘Achy breaky
heart’ and we have
been practising. I know
what a grapevine is. I am
not in this to come
second.”
SU POLLARD
It was of course
Hi De Hi! The role of
Peggy Ollerenshaw was to
make Su a household name
and the title of the
series became a
catchphrase echoed
through the land. Hi De
Hi! has now gone onto
achieve almost legendary
status in the annals of
British comedy and ran
until 1988, notching up
some 58 episodes which
regularly attracted
audiences of over 15
million.
Su on Dancing:
I'm
not too bad at dancing.
However, I always say I
have trouble with my
balls! The balls of my
feet that is. It’s
my weight transference.
Singing comes far more
naturally to me. I am
quite slow at learning
dancing, I do get there
in the end but have to go
over the moves.
AMY LAME
Broadcaster,
writer, club hostess,
model, and glamourpuss,
Amy most recently took
part in ITV's Celebrity
Fit Club. Her team,
Vanessa Feltz, Lowri
Turner, Jono Coleman won.
“I have lost a grand
total of 2 stone 13
pounds ... and I managed
to do it without
pummelling Freddie Starr
or John Forgeham! Our
team won- The prize?
Zilch....except for our
brand new svelt(ish)
figures.
Amy on Dancing:
When
I was 8 my mother and her
friends were really into
disco. They would go and
learn how to hustle and
then teach their kids. I
have never been that into
dancing. As an adult I
dance focusing on
shuffling and looking at
my feet with a pint in my
hand.
TERRI DWYER
Terri spent her
childhood in a village in
Leicestershire, where she
had an, 'incredibly happy
upbringing.' Terri took a
Gap year, which is when
she took up her
modelling. From then she
never looked back. When
asked about her audition
for Hollyoaks, at the age
of 22 years old, Terri
said that although she
did get the part without
any previous acting
experience, the
auditioning process
wasn't easy.
Terri on
Dancing:
As
a child Terri did a lot
of sport, as well as tap,
ballet and modern jazz.
“I have coordination
and can follow
chorography as long as it
not too complex. I have
never tried line dancing
so I don’t know what
to expect.
PIERS HERNU
Piers was the
Editor of
‘Front’
magazine which was a very
typical ‘in your
face’ magazine with
‘babes & bikinis
‘. He is now a
senior features writer
for FHM and is a radio
and TV broadcaster.
Piers on
Dancing:
I
won my junior school
disco when I was 13
dancing to Madness
‘My girl”. I
wore a trilby and a Fred
Perry v-neck and looked
very cool. Now the only
dancing I do is at the
odd Xmas party or when I
am home getting ready to
go out. I usually air
guitar to ‘Guns and
Roses.’ I'm planning
to win this competition
although I am a bit in
the dark about it. I keep
looking in the mirror to
see if I am looking in
shape. I saw an athlete
looking like Michael
Flatley staring back at
me.
|
Su
was included in a small
feature in the
January/February issue of
'Young Performer'
magazine. 
This
article is from the
January 2005 issue of
Young Performer magazine. 
Here's
a couple of recent
pictures of Su - out and
about in London.
Gimme
Gimme Gimme: 